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[Senate,  No.  180.] 

5?EXATE,    February   2,    1865.— Read  first  time  and  ordered  to 
be  printed. 

[Bj  Mr.  Sehme3,  from  the  Committee  ou  the  Jadiciary. 


A    BILL 

To  amend  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Aot  to  prevent  the  procuring,  aid- 
ing and  assisting  persons  to  desert  from  the  army  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  for  other  purposes,"  ap- 
proved January  22,  1804. 

1  7hs  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 

2  That  in  all  prosecutions  for   aiding  or  assisting  any  deserter 

3  from  the  army  to  evade  hia  proper  commander  or  to  {irevent  his 

4  arrest  to  l)e  returned  to   the  service,  or  knowingly  concealing 

5  or  harboring  any  such  deserter,  under  the  provisions  of  an  Act 

6  to  prevent  the  procuring,  aiding  and  assisting  persons  to  desert 

7  from  the  army  of  the   Confederate   States,  and   for  other  pur- 

8  poses,  approved  January  22,  1864,  when  the  fact  is  proved  that 

9  the  person  aided  or  assisted  or  concealed  or  harbored  is  a  sol- 

10  dier  or  officer  in  the  military  service  of  the  Confederate  States, 

11  general  representation  that  such  soldier  or  officer  is  a  deserter, 

12  shall  be  taken  as  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  fact  of  desertion. 


